Britain went to the right - so I left
After the referendum result on Brexit in 2016, fashion writer Sorcha McCrory began to question whether the Britain she was born and raised in was still the same.
As Brexit dominated headlines, incidents of racism and blame began to swirl around the topic and in 2019 Sorcha moved to Copenhagen, Denmark as she felt that the UK was no longer a place where she could stay and wanted to remain a European citizen.
Britain has begun its last full day in the European Union after Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal was given its final seal of approval.
British MEPs are packing up their offices in Brussels and millions of new coins will go into circulation promising "friendship with all nations" as the country prepares to exit the bloc at 11pm on Friday.
It comes as Mr Johnson prepares to deliver a speech next week saying he is willing to accept border checks after Brexit, with sovereignty prioritised over frictionless trade.
The Prime Minister's speech will come in apparent defiance of EU warnings that Britain must accept the bloc's standards on goods for the best trade agreement, The Daily Telegraph reports while citing Whitehall sources.
There were emotional scenes in the European Parliament on Wednesday as MEPs voted by 621 to 49 in favour of the Withdrawal Agreement and linked hands to sing a final chorus of Auld Lang Syne.
In contrast, Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage had his microphone cut off during a fiery departure speech in which his party's MEPs cheered and waved union flags as he said the UK was "never coming back".
He told the PA news agency: "The book is about to close and we are going to leave in 48 hours and that is for me, in a way, the achievement of my lifetime political goal.
For most MEPs, who have long wanted Britain to stay, it was a moment of deep regret.
